speaker LEADER FILMMAKER actor COMPOSER
Celebrated for the powerful, award-winning combination of creativity, collaboration and execution he delivers on the world's biggest conference, theatre and TV stages, David Chabeaux has made history producing world-class results across multiple industries and disciplines for over 20 years. His work is defined by an ability to synthesise the most complex of subjects into a simple, honest, authentic language that challenges, provokes and inspires audiences toward positive change.
CREATOR
"One of the most brilliant speakers we have ever seen"
- Cisco Systems
A highly coveted keynote speaker, leader and advisor to governments, business, education and NGO’s globally, 2025 has seen David’s work trend on X, garnering media headlines calling his impact “life-changing”, “extraordinary” and naming him “one of the world’s finest facilitators of change.”
Mentored at the firm of legendary change guru Stephen R Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People) and known for the inspiring, provocative, often funny and slightly irreverent way he promotes permission and possibility in people, David captivates and challenges audiences with topics ranging from organisational execution to innovative leadership, and from building high trust cultures to using creativity to thrive in the emerging world of AI and new tech. Talking of creativity......the power of creativity is always the centre of gravity for David's keynotes and facilitations.
His unique voice and credentials lie in a mix of academic rigour and practical experience born of real-world creative impact that extends way beyond conference stages and boardrooms…
Continuing to also perform professionally as a screen actor (Peaky Blinders for BBC1, Bulletproof for Sky Atlantic and Hollyoaks on Channel 4), David’s reputation for delivering world-class results was further cemented in 2025 when he beat over 10,000 entrants to become one of only six creatives to win the internationally prestigious NETFLIX Documentary Talent Fund Award for 2024/5.
Working directly with NETFLIX, David wrote, produced and starred in the award winning short film ‘BAND’ (below) which received it’s world premiere in Leicester Square as an official selection at the Raindance Film Festival in London and is currently screening in competition at other OSCAR and BAFTA qualifying festivals globally.
"An inspirational voice for change"
- BBC Introducing
David's creativity and diversity are echoed in his first love, music. A multi instrumentalist. A cult Punk frontman. An award-winning Big Band singer. A film composer.
Then, in 2015 as singer-songwriter, he was named as a top UK talent by BBC Introducing. Recording with members of Grammy winning African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo and cast of the West End’s The Lion King, David wrote and released the social change album SPARK and his song Lionhearts became the anthem for a movement which changed history. Picked by legendary anti-apartheid activist Archbishop Desmond Tutu, and working with schools, charities and organisations around the world, David and his music led and galvanised a community tens of thousands strong behind the campaign to ban the trophy hunting of Lions and other wild animals in South Africa.